Deck of Cards

"The king was slily finger'd from the *deck*." *Henry VI.*, pt. iii. Act v. Sc. 1. It is well known, and properly noted, that a pack of cards was formerly called a *deck*; but it should be added that the term is still commonly used in Ireland, and from being made use of in the famed song of "De Night before Larry was stretched," "De deck being called for dey play'd, Till Larry found one of dem cheated," it seems likely to be preserved. I may add, that many words and many forms of expression which have gone out of vogue in England, or have become provincial, are still in daily use in Ireland.